Schofield Peak
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Schofield Peak is a peak
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Mount McCarthy
, in the Barker Range
, Victoria Land
. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
(US-ACAN) after Edmund A. Schofield, biologist at Hallett Station, summer 1963-64, and McMurdo Station
, 1967-68.
Summit (topography)
In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
1 nautical mile (1.9 km) southeast of Mount McCarthy
Mount McCarthy (Victoria Land)
Mount McCarthy is a peak, 2,865 m, standing 1 nautical mile northwest of Schofield Peak, in the Barker Range, Victoria Land. Named by the NZFMCAE, 1962–63, after Mortimer McCarthy, a member of the crew of the Terra Nova of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13. McCarthy, was a guest of the U.S...
, in the Barker Range
Barker Range
Barker Range is a mountain range trending northwest–southeast and including Jato Nunatak, Mount Watt, Mount McCarthy, and Mount Burton, located at the southwest side of Millen Range in the Victory Mountains, Victoria Land. It was named by the New Zealand Antarctic Place-Names Committee for...
, Victoria Land
Victoria Land
Victoria Land is a region of Antarctica bounded on the east by the Ross Ice Shelf and the Ross Sea and on the west by Oates Land and Wilkes Land. It was discovered by Captain James Clark Ross in January 1841 and named after the UK's Queen Victoria...
. Mapped by United States Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey
The United States Geological Survey is a scientific agency of the United States government. The scientists of the USGS study the landscape of the United States, its natural resources, and the natural hazards that threaten it. The organization has four major science disciplines, concerning biology,...
(USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960-64. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names
The Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names is an advisory committee of the United States Board on Geographic Names responsible for recommending names for features in Antarctica...
(US-ACAN) after Edmund A. Schofield, biologist at Hallett Station, summer 1963-64, and McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station
McMurdo Station is a U.S. Antarctic research center located on the southern tip of Ross Island, which is in the New Zealand-claimed Ross Dependency on the shore of McMurdo Sound in Antarctica. It is operated by the United States through the United States Antarctic Program, a branch of the National...
, 1967-68.